title: Inhibition of Lancefield group D enterococci by contamination of a commercial identification medium with paraffins.
abstract: A commercially available system for the identification of streptococci was found to incorrectly identify group D enterococci due to contamination of the 6.5% NaCl medium with paraffins.
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000145:classification*; D010232:Paraffin; D012965:Sodium Chloride
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D010232:Paraffin